>>>I see you have your answer, but my 2 cents: I don't like overwhelmingly large numbers of bars in menus ( actually my users fed this back to me ). So, I built an app that comes up with a listbox with the selections in it, looks enough like a menu and acts like one if you intercept the user's selection and do something with it.
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>>The reports are actually broken up into 6 different applications for internal security purposes and have cascading menus within them. The users haven't complained so far, and they are not the type to hold back. Thanks for your input.
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>Why don't you use the menu item's message instead?

One of the earlier responses to my question suggested that as well. It is a good suggestion, however, the users of this application would never look in the status bar where the menu item's message appears. Thanks for the suggestion.